Police state
So the UK is now officially a police state. In the last few months the government has passed laws prohibiting noisy protests or anything which could cause disruption. Which does sort of raise the question, how can you protest in a way that doesn’t make noise and doesn’t cause disruption? Are we supposed to walk on tip toe single file down the side of the footpath? Are ambulance drivers now expected to not use their siren and obey the rules of the road? After all, they might otherwise cause disruption and distress.
And who is the judge of what counts as a disruptive protest? Why the Met police, an organisation that has been officially branded as institutional racist, homophobic and misogynistic by investigations into its conduct (notably hundreds of rape allegations against its officers). So unsurprisingly they immediately began arresting anti-monarchy protesters, some before they’d even…
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